Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1889-01-01 (88 years old)
Deathday
1977-01-27
Place of Birth
Lima, Ohio, USA
Also known As
Walter S. Baldwin Jr.
Walter S. Baldwin
Walter Smith Baldwin Jr.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Walter S. Baldwin Jr. (January 2, 1889 − January 27, 1977) was a prolific character actor whose career spanned five decades and 150 film and television roles, and numerous stage performances. Baldwin was born in Lima, Ohio from a theatrical family and served in the First World War. He was probably best known for playing the father of the handicapped sailor in The Best Years of Our Lives. He was the first actor to portray "Floyd the Barber" on The Andy Griffith Show. Prior to his first film roles in 1939, Baldwin had appeared in more than a dozen Broadway plays. He played Whit in the first Broadway pro...
1946
as Mr. Parrish
1948
as Orvy
1941
as Seth Marcy
1942
as Martin Knox
1951
as Sgt. Sullivan
1950
as Jim Bracken (uncredited)
1947
as (uncredited)
1936
as Mr. Brown
1947
as Judge Maynard
1955
as Jim Owens
1948
as Stagecoach driver
1948
as Mr. Castle
1964
as Jeremy Wright (uncredited)
1943
as Diamond Ed Barnaby
1950
as Watch Buyer (uncredited)
1941
as Lem Wiggins
1944
as Uncle Sam Bates
1952
as Pa Alexander (uncredited)
1949
as Pop Peters (uncredited)
1948
as Muley Wilson
1943
as Tom Cooney
1951
as George Kress Sr.
1968
as Mr. Wees (uncredited)
1953
as Michael Hayward
1961
as Mr. Spangler (uncredited)
1941
as Hank (uncredited)
1956
as Man Who Warns Vinny (uncredited)
1956
as Boxing fan at Dundee fight (uncredited)
1948
as Superintendent
1951
as Cricket Adams
1942
as Homer-the Barber
1952
as Mr. Meeber - Carrie's Father
1939
as Finch (uncredited)
1949
as Claude Jarman (uncredited)
1945
as Man from Albany (uncredited)
1946
as Tom Wilson (uncredited)
1946
as Mr. Ferguson (uncredited)
1949
as Officer Riley (uncredited)
1945
as Wilbur Harris
1955
as Vince Webb
1945
as Herb, the Sheriff (uncredited)
1947
as Amos Ames
1944
as Fireman (uncredited)
1949
as Editor Stoneham
1942
1944
as Wilson Campaign Orator (uncredited)
1939
as Mr. Mason (uncredited)
1940
as Man Who Declares for the South
1948
as Gallus
1943
as Jake Hibbs (uncredited)
1940
as Rennick (uncredited)
1941
as Bill
1951
as Coroner Bledsoe
1940
as Jones
1944
as Doan, Jury Foreman
1945
as Henry (uncredited)
1945
as Bart Jackson
1945
as Jed Morton
1948
as Judge Fred Martin
1941
as Settler (uncredited)
1943
as Judge Lorrimer
1960
as Ward Harlan
1942
as Doctor Peabody (uncredited)
1946
as Mr. Hodges (uncredited)
1942
as Hugo French
1942
as Jerry the Nitrate Technician (uncredited)
1954
as Isaiah Jackson
1953
as Adam Smith
1943
as Pa
1943
as George Newton
1954
as Henry Skinner
1945
as Vic Hardy (uncredited)
1944
as Music Conductor
1944
as Deputy Sheriff
1955
as George Patterson
1946
as Dempsey (uncredited)
1956
as Doc Brock
1944
as Attorney
1949
as Doc Purdy
1942
as Worker (uncredited)
1946
as Miller (Uncredited)
1956
as 1st Proprietor
1942
as Bill (uncredited)
1944
as Town Sheriff (Uncredited)
1945
as Deputy with Rifle (Uncredited)
1954
as Uncle Edgar
1962
as Conductor (uncredited)
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